Leading During COVID-19 Crisis: The Influence of Principals' Leadership Styles on Teachers' Well-being in the United Arab Emirates Public Secondary Schools

Fatema Habeeb Al Attar, Khuloud Al Hammadi, Shashidhar Belbase

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Abstract

Crises like COVID-19 affect organizations as well as employees' well-being. Leaders, in this sense, have a critical role to play in reducing the challenges and promoting a healthy workplace. With employees feeling overwhelmed and anxious to cope, leaders should provide the appropriate support and guidance. This quantitative study examined the relationship between different leadership styles, which are participative, directive, supportive, and Laissez-Faire, and teachers' well-being in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study adds insights into the UAE's public school context, where 101 teachers were surveyed following a snowball sampling technique. Findings revealed that Laissez-Faire and directive styles were the most dominant among the four leadership styles examined. In terms of the relationships between leadership styles and well-being, correlation and regression analyses were done through SPSS, and findings from the Generalized Linear Model analysis revealed that although the four styles correlated positively with well-being, the participative leadership style had the most decisive influence. The results showed that none of the demographics had any significant influence on well-being, and no differences in well-being in terms of demographics were reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)297-315
Number of pages19
JournalEuropean Journal of Educational Research
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • UAE schools
  • leadership style
  • path-goal theory
  • well-being

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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